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The 1st annual Jimmy Awards: 10 worst contracts in the NBA

By Jonathan Macri

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 12: Joakim Noah #13 of the New York Knicks celebrates during a time out in the first quarter against the Chicago Bulls at Madison Square Garden on January 12, 2017 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 12: Joakim Noah #13 of the New York Knicks celebrates during a time out in the first quarter against the Chicago Bulls at Madison Square Garden on January 12, 2017 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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CLEVELAND, OH – FEBRUARY 27: Matthew Dellavedova #8 of the Milwaukee Bucks drives during the first half against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena on February 27, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH – FEBRUARY 27: Matthew Dellavedova #8 of the Milwaukee Bucks drives during the first half against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena on February 27, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) /

9. Matthew Dellavedova – three-years, $29 million remaining

Want to get lost in a rabbit hole on a slow day at work? Dive into some of the stats pages on BasketballReference.com. A particularly fun one is their version of VORP – the value a player has over a replacement level guy accounting for team and playing time.

According to the site, of the 486 players who spent time on an NBA court last year, 7 had a VORP of -1.0 or less. Jeff Green was seventh from the bottom, naturally. Spots six through two went to rookies. Dead last – by a comparatively healthy margin – was Matty Dice.

(I have no idea if anyone has ever called him this. But we should all start.)

The funny part about the Delly contract was that he was linked to Milwaukee from the moment the 2016 Finals ended. Other than his looking the part of a guy you’d expect to find grilling a brat in the parking lot at Lambeau, there’s no conceivable explanation for why this was. Giannis had already spent ample time running point, and the team drafted future ROY Malcolm Brogdon.

Now the Bucks are stuck with a sub-40% career shooter who can’t play with the franchise cornerstone. While the Brogdon / Antetokounmpo pairing sported a 5.7 net rating in 1300 minutes together, Delly and the Freak were -1.4 in over 1500, both according to NBA.com.

The sad part is that he’s the perfect player to fill the roll he had in Cleveland: an end of the bench guy who comes in gives the team a spark when nothing is going right. The Knicks were lambasted this summer for giving Ron Baker $8 million to be that guy. The Bucks wish they got off that cheap.

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